Congo-Kinshasa: Former MLC Insider Defends Discipline Among Bemba's Soldiers

This week, the Jean-Pierre Bemba trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) was dominated by disputes over the date that his troops were deployed in the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR), whether those troops respected the group's military code of conduct, and Mr. Bemba's ability to issue orders to commanders on the battlefront.

In the witness stand was a former insider in the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), who went by the court-given name 'Witness D04-49.' He testified for five days, detailing the lead up to the deployment of the Congolese fighters into the neighboring country, the prosecution of soldiers accused of committing abuses, and the operational command structures within the group Mr. Bemba led.

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